When Paradigm Pro Wrestling announced that they would be using the UWFi rules for their upcoming Fighting Spirit Heavyweight Grand Prix on Friday in Jeffersonville, Ind., one of the first wrestlers to make a case for himself being involved was Dominic Garrini. Garrini, a purple belt in Jiu-Jitsu and current head trainer at Absolute Intense […]
For lightweight up and comer Jean-Paul Bosnoyan, the fact that he’s been a pro MMA fighter for just over a year is hard to believe, but he’s already planning for a UFC career. Having been busy with his fighting career, grappling matches, and his life outside combat sports, to Bosnoyan it feels just like yesterday […]
(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Dana White had some advice for the upcoming UFC star Johnny Walker, who was stopped dead in his tracks by an angry man on a mission in Corey Anderson at UFC 244. TRENDING > MMA fighter takes down aggressive anti-Trump protestor at flag waiving ceremony UFC on ESPN+ 22: Blachowicz vs. […]
Over the course of her nearly two-year pro MMA career, strawweight Cheyanne Buys has had something of an unconventional career, but she takes it all in stride with the help of her husband, JP, also a fighter. Originally from Florida, Buys moved to South Africa with her husband and has since returned Stateside in hopes […]
Before there was the UFC and modern state of mixed martial arts, there was Japanese shoot wrestling. Promotions like the original UWF, Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi, and RINGS helped set the stage for MMA and provided the beginnings of some of the sport’s early stars like Masakatsu Funaki, Minoru Suzuki, Kazushi Sakuraba and Ken Shamrock. […]
The UFC returns to Sao Paulo, Brazil, this week for its twenty-second UFC on ESPN+ event, featuring a light heavyweight showdown between Jan Blachowicz and Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza. The fight card is set following Friday’s official weigh-in, although three prelim fighters failed to make weight. Blachowicz was gunning for a title shot, but ran into […]
(Courtesy of UFC) Watch the UFC Sao Paulo ceremonial weigh-in live on Friday, Nov. 15 at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT. The weigh-in video will be available for on-demand viewing immediately following the live stream. The UFC on ESPN+ 22 main event features light heavyweight contender Jan Blachowicz welcoming former Strikeforce middleweight champion […]
After a shocking knockout loss this past June inside Madison Square Garden, Aaron Pico is looking for a return and redemption this January. Pico, who is on a three-fight losing streak has verbally agreed to face off against Daniel Carey on January 25th inside The Forum in Inglewood, California at Bellator 238. Initially reported by […]
UFC Heavyweight Walt Harris and his wife appeared on the Dr. Phil show this week to discuss the disappearance of their daughter Aniah Blanchard. Harris and his wife Angela were visibly distraught on the program, as both relayed confusion over what has transpired since Blanchard was last seen on October 23rd. “There’s a lot of […]
One day before the UFC’s return to Sao Paulo, Brazil for UFC Fight Night 164, all 24 fighters slated for the card took to the scale. While all 24 took to the scale, not all 24 made weight, as Isabella de Padua was five and a half pounds over the 125 pound contracted weight for […]